Eaves-trough hanger



Aug. 10 1926.

v H. FORD EAVES TROUGH HANGER Filed May 18, 1925 Patented Aug. 10, 192$.

HUGH FORD, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

EAVES-TROUG-H HANGER.

Application filed May 18, 1925. Serial No. 30,998.

This invention relates to eavestrough hangers and the object thereof is to provide a simple and efiicient device of this character capable of use to fit either single or double beaded troughs and adjustable to lit troughs of difierent sizes.

Another object of the invention is to so construct a hanger of this character that the nail for attaching it to the root will be carried by the hangerready to be driven in so that one hand can be used to support the gutter while the other is used for driving the nail.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description roceeds, the invention resides in the com ination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be. made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective View showing this improved hanger applied to a double beaded eavestrough;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of another form of hanger shown applied with parts broken out and in section and. the trough to which it is applied shown in section;

Figure 3 is a detail transverse section taken on the. line 3-3 of Figure 2;and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the hanger applied to a single beaded trough.

In the form shown in Figures 1 and 2 the hanger constituting this invention comprises two telescopically engaged members 1 and 2 adapted to be adjustably connected to fit troughs T of different widths. The. member 1 is made in the form of a metal strap or bar having its outer ends made hookshaped as shown at 3 while the body portion thereof is provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures at 4 which are designed to register with similar apertures 5 formed in the member 2 and to receive a bolt 6 for securing the members 1 and 2 together in adjusted position.

The member 2 is made from a strip of sheet metal with the front portion 7 thereof folded inwardly along its side edges to provide guides 8 to receive the member 1. The rear end of the flange or guide carrying portion 7 is bent downwardly and curved lon gitudinally and is adapted to receive between the lower face of the rear portion of the section 7 and the adjacent portion of the bent arm 9, the inner bead B of a double headed trough T, the other head B of said trough being shown engaged by the hook 3 of the hanger section The arm 9 of the hanger extends forward ly and is bent to form a loop 10 which forms a spring connection between arm 9 and an inwardly extending arm 11 which constitutes an extension of the loop 10 and has its terminal 12 deflected inwardly to engage the lower rear face of trough T when the anger is applied.

A connecting member 15 for securing the trough engaging portion of the hanger to the roof R is shown'made in the form of a metal strap having one end provided with right angularly extending flanges 16 which straddle the member 7 said end being apertured as shown at 17 to receive the connecting bolt 6 which unites the sections 1 and 2 of the trough engaging portion of the hanger.

The body portion 18 of the strap is bent rearwar'dly as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and has its terminal apertured to receive an attaching nail 20. The end of the strip 15 through which the nail 20 passes is preferably bent inwardly and upwardly on the under face of the strip as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 so that the nail head may be held between this inbent portion 19 and the body of the strap avoiding the necessity of holding the nail during the driving operation.

It will thus be seen that this improved hanger may be engaged with the gutter or trough T as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the attaching strap 15 bent rearwardly ready for location over the roof R and attachment thereto by the nail 20.

It is of course understood that a plurality of these hangers are used for supporting the trough and are arranged at longitudinally spaced intervals where necessary.

The arrangement of the plurality of apertures 5 in the member 7 provides for the ad justment of the sections 1 and 2 relatively to eachother to adapt the hanger to fit eavestroughs of different sizes from three and one-half to four, five inches wide, it bein of course understood that this is accomplished by sliding the section 1 in or out and passiii '1 war ing thescrew or bolt 6 through the registering apertures in the sections 1 and 2, said bolt also passing through the aperture 17 in the attaching strap 15 when the parts are assembled so that after applying the hanger to the trough the trough may be lifted into position and the hanger secured to the roof by nailing in the manner above set forth.

In the form shown in Fig. 4; the hanger is the same as that shown in the other figures but the trough T is a single beaded trough instead of a double beaded trough as is shown in the other figures. In the application of the hanger to this form of trough the hook 3 is snapped around the bead B at the front edge of the trough while the rear edge of said trough is inserted between the flan e portion 7 of the hanger and the clownly bent arm 9 thereof as is shown clearly in Fig. 4 so that the trough will be secure 1y held by the hanger, the arm 11 bearing against the rear portion thereof the same as in the other figures. 7

It is of course understood that this hanger may be composed of any suitable metal preferably offgalvanized iron. i

I claim An eavestrough hanger comprising a trough engaging member composed of two telescopically engaged sections having means for securing them in adjusted position, one of said sections having'a hook at its outer end to engage the bead of a trough and the I nuen roan. 

